After a summer of practice and two weeks of “Band Camp,” the South Portland High School marching band puts in some last-minute practice Tuesday night before the first competition of the season on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Westbrook High School.

Bowdoin College students Felicity Hill, left, and Van Tra clean in the kitchen at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention in Brunswick on Saturday, Sept. 12, the college’s 11th annual Common Good Day. Hundreds of Bowdoin College students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends gathered in Farley Field House to kick off the event on Saturday.

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council voted unanimously Sept. 14 to allocate $6,000 to fence off the most dangerous areas of Goddard mansion instead of committing to a long-term restoration plan. While the short-term goal is to protect the public while the Fort Williams ruin deteriorates, the council did not act on the Fort Williams […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Mill Creek Park proponents are moving forward with efforts to develop a maintenance and improvement plan for the park. Regina Leonard, a Topsham-based landscape architect, has been hired by Friends of Mill Creek Park to assist with the planning, and a new gazebo is slated to be installed in October.  Leonard and […]

BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA is encouraging Mid-Coast residents to participate in health and wellness activities during “America On the Move Week,” which will be held Sept. 20-27. More than 1,300 YMCAs will join with the America On the Move Foundation in an effort to improve the health of communities across the country. The […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Department of Environmental Protection is seeking input from landowners near Long Creek ahead of developing new storm-water permitting requirements for the urban-impaired watershed.  The DEP is evaluating pollution prevention measures, like maintenance and operations of storm-water systems, to meet a federal mandate to clean up the 3.5-square-mile watershed in South Portland, […]

BATH — The city is seeking nominations in several categories of awards to be presented on the 11th annual Citizen Involvement Day, Saturday, Oct. 10. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the awards ceremony beginning around 12:30 p.m. The Bath Community Development Office and Citizen Involvement Day committee is accepting nominations […]

Second-grade teacher Kevin M. Grover gets a hug Thursday morning from Joyce Riley, administrative assistant at D.W. Lunt School in Falmouth, after Grover walked into an assembly where he learned he was named 2010 Maine Teacher of the Year. The award makes Grover a nominee for 2010 National Teacher of the Year, which will be […]

SCARBOROUGH — Residents may be wrong if they think last year’s rejection of a racino referendum put the question to rest. Less than a year after the proposal was defeated by only 225 votes, Pan Atlantic Strategic Marketing Services of Portland has again been hired by Scarborough Downs to conduct a phone survey of voters […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Nearly 20 eager sixth-graders helped pick onions, green peppers and squash at Jordan’s Farm Tuesday morning as part of Maine Harvest Week. The students from Susan Deeves’ class took the field trip as one of many activities planned for the week-long farm awareness program. Deeves said the students were very enthusiastic for the […]